Insurance Asset Risk Asia 2026

24 June 2026, 8:00 AM

JW Marriott Hong Kong • 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong

Agenda

8:00

Registration & breakfast

8:45

Welcoming remarks

8:55

Opening keynote: Mark Konyn, chief investment officer, AIA

9:15

Panel: Macro, rates & portfolio reality

  • Interest-rate uncertainty and long-term return assumptions
  • Implications for portfolio construction and capital planning
  • Asia vs global divergence: what matters for insurers?

9:50

Presentation by T. Rowe Price

10:10

Coffee break

10:35

Panel: Private markets: from allocation to execution

  • Scaling private markets responsibly in insurance portfolios
  • Liquidity, valuation and governance challenges
  • Origination challenges

11:10

Presentation by AllianceBernstein

11:30

Coffee break

11:55

Panel: Regulation, capital & balance-sheet efficiency

  • Capital treatment
  • Capital efficiency and investment structuring
  • Asset class deep dive: infrastructure

 

12:30

Panel: Asset-intensive reinsurance: strategic tool or structural shift?

Why AIR is growing across Asia
Investment implications for insurers and reinsurers
Risk transfer, capital relief and governance considerations

13:05

Lunch